Chicago teachers end strike

•September 19, 2012

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Philomena Johnson, a delegate from Little Village Academy, decorates her vehicle to highlight the need for increased social services in schools before attending a meeting of the Chicago Teachers Union delegates Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012 in Chicago. Hundreds of CTU delegates are expected to review a proposed contract and vote on whether to suspend the teachers strike which has kept more than 350,000 students out of school since Monday. (AP Photo/Sitthixay Ditthavong)

Chicago teachers

voted on Sept. 18 to suspend a seven-day strike in the nation's third-largest city, a